“Musk has promised and boasted big numbers,” said Robby DeGraff, product and consumer insights analyst at AutoPacific. “Brute strength, insane performance and grand range. But will it match the off-road chops of Rivian’s innovative R1T? Is it more of a workhorse than Ford’s F-150 Lighting? We just don’t know yet.”
On Tesla’s second-quarter earnings call last month, Musk shared some specifications of the final product. Tesla also clarified that the first truck off the line was a “release candidate” and not the production version.
“This is the first truck — that we’re aware of — that will have four doors, over a six-foot bed and fit into a 20-foot garage,” Musk said. “So it’s sort of biggish on the outside, but it’s even bigger on the inside.”
A standard two-car garage size is 20-feet deep, according to J.D. Power, while one-car garages are generally shorter, and sizes can vary significantly.
Tesla said in its earnings report that the Cybertruck is less than 19 feet long.
“Both technologically and architecturally, this vehicle will break a lot of boundaries — very much in line with how we think about vehicle engineering and manufacturing,” the report said.
A few early Cybertrucks have also been photographed in public wearing vinyl wraps that make them look like F-150 pickups. The wraps mimic the door handles, body stampings and other elements of the Ford. The wrapped Cybertrucks have been spotted on vehicle carriers.
Tesla no longer has a press office and doesn’t respond to media inquiries.
Also in the earnings report, Tesla used the phrase, “Cybertruck — built to do real work,” on a photo of the pickup driving on a muddy road. The phrase could be a reference to Ford CEO Jim Farley, who told CNBC in June that the Cybertruck was designed for “Silicon Valley people” while Ford makes trucks for “real work.”
